From my kitchen to yours

About Me!

I was born in Miami, from an Italian/Colombian mother and a Egyptian/Syrian father. At the age of 8 we moved to The Bahamas and I went to boarding school in Switzerland. Our family was always about food, and every night we had a different type of food, one night Italian, one night Colombian, another Syrian, and of course, Bahamian. All of this made me very restless to learn all I could about food, and 10 years ago I decided to pursue my dream of becoming a chef after I moved to Barcelona. In 2004 I opened up my first restaurant, and today I proudly teach people to cook delicious food from my home and at a school in Barcelona. I love cooking, and I love to try different recipes. One of the things I love most about Barcelona are the markets. I can spend hours just staring at food! And then hours cooking it!

Wow!!! My father was born in Haiti…..and he is of Syrian Egyptian descent….hmmm….maybe we’re related! 🙂 Thanks, but I closed my restaurant a few years back, now I teach and do private caterings and team building events! Thanks so much for following!

My family name is Bigio….and my father came over there with his family that had already come from Syria/Egypt……I think we are probably related in some way, and the Bigio’s are quite well known on the island I am told. I have only visited once, when I was very, very young….Wow…fancy meeting you here. My grandmother was from Aleppo…..

What an amazing story – you followed your dream and moved to Barcelona – and for doing that you are my hero. I only wish I could follow my dream, also to move to Barcelona, and pursue art… I will be keeping an eye on your blog. Maybe it will help persuade me to make the final leap of faith some day!

My dream unfortunately is moving to different areas! I am moving to Madrid in January, but Barcelona will still hold my heart! And you would love it, Barcelona has such a thriving art scene. Take the leap, you won’t regret it! 🙂

You have such a lovely blog! 🙂 And I’m jealous you live in Barcelona… I spent a semester there as a college student, and loved it, but didn’t have access to my own kitchen while living there, so I couldn’t take full advantage of the wonderful markets. That didn’t stop me from wandering around the Boqueria market every chance I got… but still. Nice to have some corners of the internet like this one to help me enjoy Barcelona (vicariously) again! 🙂

I’ve recently switched my food blog over to be self-hosted which I hope will make it more user-friendly in the future. As a result, if you were following Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen via email, WordPress, or using RSS feeds through Google Reader or some other way, you are no longer subscribed. If you wish to continue receiving future posts from my blog you will need to re-subscribe. Sorry for the inconvenience, Teresa.

Hi Carla! just picked through your blog and I had to sign up 🙂 Your personal background is very interesting and your recipes look very delicious! I’ll assume you speak Spanish 🙂 Ive been to Barcelona a few times. My sister used to live there. What an awesome place to be a chef and to teach cooking. Anyways, hope you are doing great and I will be keeping an eye for your new posts!

Hi, thank you very much! Yes, I do speak Spanish since my family is originally from Colombia. Barcelona is an amazing city, I miss it terribly. We moved to Madrid in January, which is equally amazing but there’s nothing like having the ocean near you! Thank you so much for following! Cheers and the best to you!

Hi Kiera, I am so sorry for the late reply…..I have been off posting. Have you found the sundried tomatoes? Yout can get them in oil in Italian specialty stores, or in the corte ingles gourmet. Also, you can get them dried (you need to boil them before using) in the corte ingles supermarkets. They are usually where the nuts are. Sorry again for the late reply!

Hi Carla!
My name is Natalie Sullivan and I work with the casting team for House Hunters International. The show is comprised of following people who are moving from one country to another. One of the ideas we decided to try and incorporate is looking for chefs who are moving to a new country for their work. It can be a temporary move (6 months or so) or a permanent move and they must speak fluent English (Excluding those who are moving to the USA or Canada). Also, there would be compensation involved for those featured on the show. Please let me know if this would be an idea you guys would be interested. If you have any questions you can call me at 646.862.2188. Thanks in advance!

Hi Nathalie, I am so very sorry for the late reply. I have moved to Switzerland, and am a full time mom to a very precocious toddler so have had very little time to check my blog…..even less to write anything! I am in the process of moving back to Barcelona, but not for a new job, per se. If I know of anyone who fits the bill I will definitely let you know if you are still looking. All the best!